A61B 1/00097
Sensors
Official title: {Sensors}
A61B1/00097 (Sensors) appears on 331 US grants and 586 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 331
- Published applications
- 586
- Assignees
- 207
- Inventors
- 1,087
- Latest grant
- 15 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1985 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | 0 | 0 |
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| 2002 | 0 | 0 |
| 2003 | 0 | 3 |
| 2004 | 0 | 0 |
| 2005 | 2 | 3 |
| 2006 | 0 | 4 |
| 2007 | 1 | 3 |
| 2008 | 0 | 8 |
| 2009 | 2 | 10 |
| 2010 | 0 | 5 |
| 2011 | 4 | 8 |
| 2012 | 8 | 3 |
| 2013 | 7 | 14 |
| 2014 | 4 | 15 |
| 2015 | 13 | 14 |
| 2016 | 3 | 13 |
| 2017 | 10 | 27 |
| 2018 | 9 | 22 |
| 2019 | 18 | 35 |
| 2020 | 20 | 45 |
| 2021 | 22 | 51 |
| 2022 | 33 | 57 |
| 2023 | 40 | 80 |
| 2024 | 42 | 60 |
| 2025 | 51 | 63 |
| 2026 | 32 | 43 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Endoscope system15 Sep 2026US 12,733,793 B2Olympus Corporation
- Systems and methods for modular endoscope18 Aug 2026US 12,708,255 B2Noah Medical Corporation
- Low capacitance endoscopic system11 Aug 2026US 12,702,272 B2Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Endoluminal device system, control method of controlling endoluminal device, and storage medium storing program for controlling endoluminal device11 Aug 2026US 12,702,281 B2Olympus Medical Systems Corp.
- Temperature measurement method, temperature measurement device, medical device system, and laser treatment method11 Aug 2026US 12,704,416 B2Olympus Corporation
- Fiber bragg grating for endoscopes8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305915 A1GYRUS ACMI INC. (d.b.a.Olympus Surgical Technologies America)
- Surgical Tool With Proximally Mounted Camera For Use With Cannulas8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306132 A1Viseon, Inc.
- Safety cap for multi-functional surgical scope tip1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294225 A1Jackson Medical Group Inc.
- Endoscope Having Articulating Head With Flexural Platform for Measuring Impedance of Mucosa3 Sep 2026US 2026/0256375 A1
- Imaging Device, Imaging System, and Method for Operating an Imaging Device27 Aug 2026US 2026/0254933 A1KARL STORZ GmbH&Co.KG
Most cited
By later US patents
- Medical instrument476US 8,591,400 B2Olympus Medical Systems Corp. · 2013
- Control of an optical fiber scanner337US 6,845,190 B1University of Washington · 2005
- Tethered capsule endoscope for Barrett's Esophagus screening314US 7,530,948 B2University of Washington · 2009
- Detecting endolumenal buckling of flexible instruments234US 10,244,926 B2Auris Health, Inc. · 2019
- Catheterscope 3D guidance and interface system234US 7,901,348 B2University of Washington · 2011